Gang News

WASHINGTON – Six members of “18th Street,” a violent international street gang, were found guilty in U.S. District Court on an array of charges that included racketeering, kidnapping, and murder.             The convictions were announced today by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Scott of…

https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-new-york-city-arrests-ms-13-gang-member-wanted-el-salvador-terroristic-activities NEW YORK — Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) New York City arrested of an unlawfully present citizen and national of El Salvador May 6 who is wanted by Salvadoran authorities for prosecution of the crime of terrorist organization with aggravating circumstances. ERO New York City’s Long Island office arrested the previously removed the 29-year-old…

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/trinitarios-gang-leader-sentenced-life-prison-murdering-confidential-informant Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that WILLIAM JONES, a/k/a “Principe,” was sentenced today to life in prison for the December 2019 murder of Frederick Delacruz. JONES, who was a high-ranking member of the Trinitarios gang, lured Delacruz from the Bronx to Suffolk County, New York,…

https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/baltimore-bgf-gang-member-sentenced-28-years-federal-prison-racketeering-conspiracy Defendant Was Hired by Co-conspirator to Target Rival in Northeast Baltimore; Defendant Received Payment Through Co-conspirator’s Intermediary Following AttackBaltimore, Maryland – On Tuesday, May 21, U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Wayne Prince, a/k/a “Taz,” age 24, of Baltimore to 28 years imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for conspiring to…

Attorney General Chris Carr and Richmond County Sheriff Richard Roundtree today announced the indictment of 30 people in Richmond County following a major multi-agency investigation into the distribution of illegal narcotics and other acts of violence that have occurred throughout the Central Savannah River Area. As asserted in the indictment, the defendants are associates of…

The 37th and final defendant was sentenced today in a Northern District of Mississippi case that targeted the violent activities, drug trafficking, and money laundering of the Simon City Royals prison gang. Joshua Miller, 33, of Jackson, Mississippi, was sentenced to 16 years and eight months in prison for Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act…

vitalityvillage.online/a-closer-look-at-4-defendants-with-alleged-gang-ties-charged-in-staten-island-drug-trafficking-scheme/ STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — District Attorney Michael E. McMahon announced criminal charges against four Staten Island residents accused of running a large-scale drug trafficking operation on the island. On Monday, the group was apprehended by police after New York police executed a search warrant at a New Brighton home that turned up drugs and…

https://www.trumbulltimes.com/news/article/new-haven-gang-member-antwan-hill-plead-guilty-19410921.php NEW HAVEN — A member of a violent street gang appeared in federal court Thursday and admitted to playing a role in two homicides and two shootings that occurred in the city from 2020 to 2022, according to federal officials. Antwan Hill, 21, a member of the Exit 8 street gang, appeared before U.S.…

https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/crime/2024/04/23/tren-de-aragua-gang-venezuela-on-el-paso-texas-border/73331098007/ A fast-spreading gang that originated in a Venezuelan prison has been detected in the El Paso-Juárez borderlands among the continuing arrival of thousands of migrants seeking political asylum. The vicious Tren de Aragua gang has been described as having “revolutionized crime in Latin America” as it extended into several countries following the exodus of…